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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… of sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha, was selected from over seventy artists to create the Willa … of Virginia, among others, many of her most well-known stories are about Nebraska and its people. I hope her … Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members Andrew Jewell and Melissa Homestead praised Cather's selection as a representative of …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… off solely for Cather as the eldest of seven siblings. The simple room with board walls and sloping ceilings was for a …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… the Director of the Cather Project, author of The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
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Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture

… Image Image Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol—June 7, 2023 Own A Piece of … by the artist. Cather is portrayed hiking through the open prairie with a walking stick, wearing a brimmed hat and … Statuary Hall Committee. Proceeds of all sales will support the purchase of a full-scale edition of the original …
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Red Cloud Opera House

… the arrival of traveling productions such as  The Bohemian Girl  and  The Mikado . As Cather herself put it, "Only real … old operas sung by people who were doing their best:  The Bohemian Girl, The Chimes of Normandy, Martha, The Mikado . …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… (1844), hand-colored lithograph by George Catlin Art Gallery Friday, Nov 10, 2023 - Thursday, Jan 11, 2024 | All … indigenous people. Support for this exhibit at the National Willa Cather Center was made possible with a grant from the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… P. Stout’s Cather Among the Moderns (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative … precluded by a proviso in Cather’s will. But The Selected Letters of Willa Cather (2013), edited by Andrew … an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… Dec 15, 2023 | 1 - 2pm Red Cloud Opera House and Art Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States … Anderson's talk.  Support for this exhibit at the National Willa Cather Center was made possible with a grant from the …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and … family resided in the home. Thank You! This project is supported by a Save America’s Treasures grant administered … for the Humanities (NEH), award these matching grants to support the preservation of nationally significant historic …
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O Pioneers!

… Image © Tracy Sanford Tucker for the National Willa Cather Center A University of … Tickets UNL Opera presents Tyler Goodrich White’s O Pioneers! based on Willa Cather’s 1913 novel--her first …
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